The need for spiritual communities : and how to start them / / Swami Kriyananda

• Autore: Kriyananda, Swami
• Pubblicazione: Nevada City, California : , : Crystal Clarity Publishers, , [2015]; ©1988
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 pages)
• Disciplina: 294.565
• Soggetto topico: Communities - Religious aspects - Self-Realization Fellowship
• Nota di contenuto: The Need For Spiritual Communities And How To Start Them -- Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Preface -- Part I: Intentional Communities: How to Start Them, and Why -- 1. The Time Is Now -- 2. Self-Realization vs. the Megalopolis -- 3. Intentional Communities and the Quest for Opportunity -- 4. Intentional Communities, Past and Present -- 5. How to Begin -- 6. Communal Economics -- 7. Communalism vs. Privacy -- 8. Education -- 9. Government -- 10. Rules -- 11. What Is Ananda? -- Epilogue (to Part I) -- Part II: The Story of Ananda -- 1. The Early Years -- 2. Land Ho! -- 3. My First Non-Home -- 4. Ananda Meditation Retreat -- 5. The Purchase of Ananda Farm -- 6. Communal Beginnings -- 7. Financial Problems -- 8. Lessons Learned -- 9. "Here and Now" -- Afterword -- Second Afterword.
• Sommario/riassunto: Swami Kriyananda's network of Ananda communities has been hailed as the most successful in the world. Whether you are interested in communities from a philosophical perspective or from a practical one--and wish to form your own or join with others in doing so--this book will bring you hundreds of helpful insights into the process--starting a community, making it prosper even in difficult times, and seeing it continue into a bright future.
• Titolo autorizzato: The need for spiritual communities
• ISBN: 1-56589-555-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806930803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II